I don't think they're idiots. I think they feel justifiably desperate and are acting rationally within that framework. Who do you trust more -- coastal and cit

I don't think they're idiots. I think they feel justifiably desperate and are acting rationally within that framework. Who do you trust more -- coastal and city elites who think your religion is hogwash, your values are garbage, your biggest problems are that you're ignorant, racist, and white? A Republican Party that says they're for you, and then turns around and nakedly passes legislation that will gut your communities and keep shipping jobs off shore? Or an untried, loud-mouth demagogue who promises everything to you, but at least he's not part of the same system that's been screwing you over for the past 30 years? When you feel your back's against the wall and you've nothing to lose, you roll the dice.